Bearing for wheels and the like



March 24, 1936. w, F. HEROLD BEARING FOR WHEELS AND THE LIKE Filed April 9, 1934 'INVENTOR. NHLTER F HER 1:11.13

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Patented Mar. 24, 1936 2,035,160 BEARING FOR WHEELS AND THE LIKE Walter F. Herold, Bridgeport, Conn, assignor to The Bassick Company, Bridgeport, Conn., a corporation of Connecticut 7 Application April 9, 1934, Serial No. 719,689

1 Claim. (01. 308-174) The present invention relates to an improved of the inner ball-race. The flange ll, rib l2, and bearing for wheels and the like, and has for its obthe outer cylindrical surface of the tubular mem jeot to provide a bearing having primary antiber I between said flange and rib form an anfriction means which will efliciently support relanular channel constituting aninner race in which UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE tively heavy loads, and in which side thrust will a series of relatively long anti-friction rollers l4 5 be taken by secondary anti-friction means within are disposed and retained by the outer tubular the bearing without impairing the load carrying bearing member IS, the interior diameter of this characteristics of the primary anti-friction means. outer tubular member be ng S y larger than Iparticularly propose to provide a bearing having the diameters of the flan H d rib The a series of anti-friction rollers for supporting the rollers are slightly less in length than thespace 10;

load, and a series of anti-friction balls for taking between the flange H and rib l2, and their exside trust and maintaining alignment of the rela-' tremi ies are pr f r ly r nd a at so tively movable bearing parts. Another object is that they may rollfreely without appreciable fricprovide a bearing which may be economically pro-- tional contact of their ends with the flange and 15 duced and conveniently assembled, and further rib. I 15 to provide a bearing which may with facility be he membe I5 is provided pon ts inner surbuilt into a wheel as a permanent part thereof. ace n cent a alignment W th t e nne W With the above and other objects in view emthe rib [2 with an annular groove l1 constituting bodiments of the invention are shown in the acan outer'ball-race. A collar ring 18 is engaged 2o companying drawing and these embodiments will upon the end of the tubularmember I ll against the 20 be hereinafter more fully described with referrib l2 and is provided at its inner end with a ence thereto, and the invention will be finally ve l9 complementary to e o ve 3 and pointed out in the claim. constituting the other half of the inner ball-race, In the drawing:-- the series of anti-friction balls 20 being disposed Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a wheel provided b tw n this inn r r n h outer ball-race 25 withabearing according to my invention, a quargroove ll. The ring I8 is secured by swedging ter-section of the wheel and the outer bearing part ov r t e e d of the tubular member a at Z being cut away. In assembling the bearing it will be understood Fig. 2 is a front elevation out a caster constructhat the balls are inserted in place before engagetion in which the wheel is provided with the bearment and securing of t e ring 30 ing according to the invention, a portion of the The outer member I5 is slightly shor r than wheel being shown in section. the inner member l0 and in the assembled rela- Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the tion its ends are sli y pa inwardly, 50 that bearing, according to one embodiment of the inwhen assembled in a supporting structure, as for vention. instance between sides of a caster horn 22, as 35 Fig. 4 is an end view thereof. shown in Fig. 2, these ends will abut the sides, Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view, taken along the latter being drawn tightly against them by a the line 5-5 of Fig. 3. bolt 23 extending between the sides and through Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view, taken along the bore of the member II). In this case the mem-' 40 the line 6-6 of Fig. 3. her ll] acts as a supporting strut or spanner bush- 40 Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of a modiing between the horn sides. As side movement of fled form of bearing, according to the invention. the outer tubular member I5 is prevented by the Similar reference characters indicate correballs 20 the member IE will at all times be censponding parts throughout the several figures of tralized with its ends out of contact with the horn the drawing. sides. 45

Referring to the drawing, and particularly to The wheel 24 may be secured to the outer mem- Figs. 1 to 6, the bearing, according to the exber l5 of the bearing in any suitable manner, as emplary illustrated embodiment of the invention will be clearly understood. In the case of a wheel shown therein, comprises an inner tubular memformed of plastic material, as for instance amoldher It provided at one end with an outwardly ed rubber wheel as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the 50 extending flange II and provided in inwardly outer surface of the member [5 will preferably spaced relation to the other end with an annular be provided with a series of the grooves 25 into rib l2, the outer side of which is provided with an which rib portions of the rubber will engage, as annular ball-race groove l3 adapted in the asat 26, to prevent longitudinal displacement of the 5 sembled relation of the bearing to constitute half wheel. By forcing the outer tubular member [5 into the bore of the wheel while the latter is in a partially completed state, that is while the rubber is still heated, the cooling and. setting of the rubber will result in the shrinking of the bore so that the rubber will be firmly bonded to the member l5 and the rib portions 26 Will form in the grooves 25.

In the bearing, according to my invention, the load is supported on the rollers I4, which provide an efiicient anti-friction support, while side thrust is taken by the balls 20, the latter also constituting a retaining means to hold the outer and inner tubular members I and I against longitudinal displacement. if I V In Fig. 7 I have illustrated a modified form of the invention in which the inner tubular member [0 is provided at its ends with annular shouldered recesses 21 and 28, a ring 29 being engaged in the recess 21 and secured by swedging the end of the member ID, as at 30, and a ring 3| being engaged in the recess 21 and provided with a ballrace groove 32, complementary to the ball-race groove IQ of the collar ring [8, which is also disposed in the recess28, the rings 3| and I8 being secured by swedging the end of the member Ill as at 33. The operation is essentially the same as that of the first embodiment.

I have illustrated and described preferred and satisfactory embodiments of my invention, but it will be obvious that changes may be made therein within the spirit and scope thereof as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In an anti-friction bearing for wheels and the like, a one-piece outer member formed of cylindrical tubing, having an annular ball-race groove upon its inner surface, the diameter of the bore being the same at each side of said groove, an

inner member inserted within said bore comprisface from said ball-race portion extending radially outwardly therefrom, the diameters of said ball-race portion, said annular ring and said annular retaining means being less than the diameter of the bore of said outer member, a series of rollers disposed between said cylindrical surface of said innermember and the bore of said outer member adapted to take radial load, said annular ball-race portion and said annular retaining means adapted to retain said rollers on said inner member against longitudinal displacement with respect thereto, a series of balls disposed in said ball-race grooves of said inner and outer members adapted to take side thrust in both directions said inner member with said rollers adapted to be inserted in said outer member from either end before assembly of said balls and said separable annular ring, the space normally occupied by said separable annular ring being sufiicient when said ring is separated to permit engagement of said balls with said ball-race groove of said outer member and said ball-race portion after insertion of said inner member and said rollers in said outer member, assembly of said separable annular ring adapted through said balls and ballraces to prevent longitudinal relative displacement of said outer and inner members in both directions, and means for securing said removable annular ring in assembled relation.

' WALTER F. I-IEROLD. 

